Wild Kratts: Amazing Animal Features!
Lesson Description
Video Resource
Wild Kratts - Amazing Animals With Special Features | Kids Videos
Wild Kratts - 9 Story
Key Concepts
- Animal adaptations
- Different habitats
- Animal Classification (Raptors)
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to identify at least two animal adaptations.
- Students will be able to name one type of raptor and one of its defining characteristics.
Educator Instructions
- Introduction (5 mins)
Begin by asking students what they already know about animal adaptations. What makes an animal special? Show the Wild Kratts video. - Discussion (10 mins)
After the video, lead a class discussion about the animals featured and their unique features. Focus on the elephant's trunk, rhino's horn, and the different types of raptors. - Activity: Animal Feature Match (15 mins)
Provide students with pictures of different animals and their adaptations (e.g., a camel and its hump, a giraffe and its long neck, a falcon and its sharp talons). Have them match the animal to its feature and explain how the feature helps the animal survive. - Wrap-up (5 mins)
Review the key concepts and learning objectives. Ask students to share one new thing they learned about animal adaptations.
Interactive Exercises
- Creature Power Suit Design
Have students design their own creature power suit based on an animal they choose. They should draw the animal, describe its adaptation, and explain how the power suit would use that adaptation to help them.
Discussion Questions
- What are some of the special features that the animals in the video have?
- How do these features help the animals survive in their habitats?
- What is a raptor? What makes a falcon different from an eagle?
Skills Developed
- Observation
- Critical thinking
- Communication
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1:
What helps an elephant pick things up?
Correct Answer: Its trunk
Question 2:
Which of these is a type of raptor?
Correct Answer: Falcon
Question 3:
What kind of wings do falcons have?
Correct Answer: Long and thin
Question 4:
What kind of eyes do owls have?
Correct Answer: Round
Question 5:
What kind of tails do hawks have?
Correct Answer: Wide and fan shaped
Question 6:
Where does the video take place?
Correct Answer: The Desert
Question 7:
What is a special feature that helps animals survive?
Correct Answer: An animal adaptation
Question 8:
Which bird is the biggest and most powerful?
Correct Answer: Eagle
Question 9:
What is the best way to describe bird's eyes?
Correct Answer: Awesome Eyesight
Question 10:
What is the main topic of this Wild Kratts video?
Correct Answer: Amazing Animals
Fill in the Blank Questions
Question 1:
A camel stores water in its ____ to help it survive in the desert.
Correct Answer: hump
Question 2:
Falcons have long, ____ wings.
Correct Answer: thin
Question 3:
The elephant's ____ helps it pick up food and water.
Correct Answer: trunk
Question 4:
Eagles are the biggest and most ____ birds.
Correct Answer: powerful
Question 5:
____ are the raptors with round faces and the biggest eyes.
Correct Answer: Owls
Question 6:
A ____ is a special thing about an animal that helps it survive.
Correct Answer: adaptation
Question 7:
Hawks have short and ____ wings.
Correct Answer: broad
Question 8:
____ are one of the types of birds the Wild Kratts found.
Correct Answer: Vultures
Question 9:
Falcons have ____ patches under their eyes.
Correct Answer: black
Question 10:
Peregrine Falcon Powers gives the ability to ____ fast.
Correct Answer: fly
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